A catalogue of the species of Mesostigmata (Arachnida, Acari, Parasitiformes) recorded from Ireland including information on their geographical distribution and habitats Author Bolger, Thomas Author Arroyo, Julio Author Piotrowska, Katarzyna text Zootaxa 2018 2018-11-12 4519 1 1 220 journal article 27974 10.11646/zootaxa.4519.1.1 8220491b-5980-4abe-b775-9fe2dada790d 1175-5326 2609574 2F1A769C-2649-462B-87E8-402F6A4AF35E Family Ameroseiidae Evans, 1961 Ameroseius Berlese, 1904 • Ameroseius corbiculus (Sowerby, 1806) • Original name : Acarus corbiculus Sowerby, 1806 . • In : British Miscellany , or Coloured Figures of New , Rare or Little Known Animal • Subjects , many not before Ascertained to be Natives of the British Isles . London, Tab. 66/14. • Combinations/variations used in Irish literature: Seiulus hirsutus (Koch) ( Halbert, 1915 ) , Ameroseius echinatus (Koch) ( Ganley, 1976 ; Whelan, 1976 ; Curry, 1976a , b , 1979; Emmanuel, 1977 ; Purvis, 1978 , 1982; Curry & O’Neill, 1979 ; Tuohy, 1979 ; Bolger, 1980; O’Neill, 1981 ; Momen, 1986 , 1987 ; Skorupski & Luxton, 1998 ), Ameroseius hirsutus (Koch) ( Hull, 1918 ) . Irish Records : Pasture ( Curry, 1976a , b ; Ganley, 1976 ; Purvis, 1978 ; Curry & O’Neill, 1979 ; Tuohy, 1979 ; Bolger, 1980; O’Neill, 1981 ); manure on soil surface (Curry, 1979); heather and shelter bed on bog ( Longworth, 1973 ); pasture on peat ( Whelan, 1976 ); hedgerow around barley field ( Emmanuel, 1977 ); gorse bank at seashore ( Purvis, 1982 ); bark of unsprayed apple trees ( Momen, 1986 , 1987 ); bedding of Oryctolagus cuniculus (unpublished data). Counties: Dublin, Kildare, Mayo, Meath, Wexford . Kleemannia Oudemans, 1930 • Kleemannia delicata (Berlese, 1918) • Original name : Ameroseius delicatus Berlese, 1918 . • In : In : Redia , 13: 144 • Combinations/variations used in Irish literature: Lasioseius ( Lasioseius ) gracilis ( Halbert) (Halbert, 1923) . Irih Records : On sprouting potatoes ( Halbert, 1923 ). Counties: Dublin . • Kleemannia pavida (Koch, 1839) • Original name : Zercon pavidus Koch, 1839 • In : Deutschlands Crustaceen , Myriopoden und Arachniden . 1835–1844 . Regensburg, fasc. 23 (15). • Combinations/variations used in Irish literature: Zercoseius macaulayi Hughes (O’Farrell & Butler, 1948) , Kleemannia plumosus (Oudemans) ( Cusack et al ., 1975 ; Hughes, 1976 ; Tuohy, 1979 ). Irish Records : Stored foodstuffs ( O’Farrell & Butler, 1948 ); farm and commercial grain stores ( Cusack, 1974; Cusack et al ., 1975 ); pasture ( Tuohy, 1979 ). Counties: Antrim, Down, Meath , Tyrone. • Kleemannia plumigera Oudemans, 1930 • Original name : Kleemania plumigerus Oudemans, 1930 . • In : Entomologische Berichten , 8 (175): 140. • Combinations/variations used in Irish literature: Zercoseius gracei Hughes (O’Farrell & Butler, 1948) , Ameroseius plumigerus Oudemans ( Longworth, 1973 ) . Irish Records : Stored foodstuffs ( O’Farrell & Butler, 1948 ); farm and commericial grain stores ( Cusack, 1974; Cusack et al ., 1975 ); pasture on reclaimed bog ( Longworth, 1973 ). Counties: Antrim, Derry, Mayo , Tyrone. Epicriopsis Berlese, 1916 • Epicriopsis horridus (Kramer, 1876) • Original name : Gamasus horridus Kramer, 1876 . • In : Archiv für Naturgeschichte , 42: 74. Irish Records : Moss (Halbert unpublished notes); pasture ( Curry, 1969a , 1973 , 1976a ; Valarasan, 1971 ; Cunningham, 1975 ; Ganley, 1976 ; Curry & Ganley, 1977 ; Curry & Cunningham, 1978 ; Curry & O’Neill, 1979 ; Tuohy, 1979 ; Bolger, 1980; O’Neill, 1981 ; Arroyo et al ., 2009 ); hedgerow around barley field ( Emmanuel, 1977 ); Iris bog and Salix ditch at seashore ( Purvis, 1982 ); pasture on reclaimed bog ( Longworth, 1973 ; Whelan, 1976 ); heather and pine shelter belt on bog ( Longorth 1973 ); Fungal sporocarp ( O’Connell, 1994 ; unpublished data); soil under Norway spruce ( McCarthy, 2004 ); moss on oak ( Arroyo et al ., 2012 , 2013a ); small mammal nest (unpublished data); soil under Monterey pine and pasture (unpublished data). Counties: Dublin, Kerry, Kildare, Kilkenny, Meath, Offaly, Wexford, Wicklow. • Epicriopsis mirabilis Willmann, 1956 • Original name : Epicriopsis mirabilis Willmann, 1956 . • In : Československá Parasitologie , 3: 218. • Combinations/variations used in Irish literature: Epicriopsis rivus Karg ( O’Connell, 1994 ) Irish Records : Fungal sporocarp ( O’Connell, 1994 ). Counties: Not specified.